June 04, 2005

701 Songs From Old 78s

701 songs from old 78s, even more early recorded music

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June 03, 2005

The Scientology Comparative Theology Page

The Scientology comparative theology page, including a summary and analysis of Operating Thetans (Tom Cruise is level six) [via waxy]

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Gode Cookery

Gode cookery, a compilation of medieval recipes from authentic sources adapted for the 21st century kitchen, along with diverse facts on food & feasting in the Middle Ages & Renaissance and other historical culinary items

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Turtle's 78rpm Jukebox

Turtle's 78rpm jukebox, a collection of mp3s from records made before 1930 (also check out the antique phonograph music program and Thomas Edison's attic) (via mefi)

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Breakit

Breakit, an awesome flash-based breakout clone (seriously!)

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Creationism: God's Gift to the Ignorant

I've held off on posting this for several days, but can no longer do so: Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant — I don't write the headlines, I just re-post them

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Create Your Own MMORPG

Create your own MMORPG using PHP and a web interface: imagine the possibilities!

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Photoshopped Escher

Photoshopped Escher

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June 02, 2005

AskMe: Teaching a Disobedient, Disruptive Five-Year-Old

AskMe: teaching a disobedient, disruptive five-year-old

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Lindy Hop Dance Videos

Lindy Hop dance videos

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The Other Side of BitTorrent

The other side of BitTorrent

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The Retro Hotels of Highway 99

The retro hotels of Highway 99

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Bob Armstrong's Old Jigsaw Puzzles

Bob Armstrong's old jigsaw puzzles

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June 01, 2005

Hop, Swing, and Jump

Swing dance championships, a great example of modern swing dancing (more videos here) (via rivets)

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Uselessness

Uselessness, kaibutsu's new weblog

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Frugal For Life

Frugal For Life, a weblog about living below your means

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May 31, 2005

The Golden Years

The golden years

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Music from Uncle Neptune

Music from Uncle Neptune, a sort of attempt to capture the sound of a hundred years ago (via bb)

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Power Game Factory

Power Game Factory

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Quiz: What is Your World View?

Quiz: What is your world view? (Mine is: 75% cultural creative, 63% postmodernist, 56% materialist, 56% romanticist, 50% existentialist, 38% modernist, 25% fundamentalist, and 6% idealist.)

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Pinki, a Thumbnail Image Icon Creator

Pinki, a thumbnail image icon creator for OS X

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May 30, 2005

Herge's Syldavian

Hergé's Syldavian: a grammar

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Gone & Forgotten

Gone & forgotten — once upon a superhero

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May 29, 2005

Herbal Remedies: Melatonin and St. John's Wort

Herbal remedies: melatonin and St. John's wort (which boosts serotonin)

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Analyzing Hit Records Using Sonograms

A post I made on metafilter: Analysis of hit records using sonograms. (Here, for example, are Fleetwood Mac's Rumors, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, and Michael Jackson's Thriller.) Also from the same site: a study of RIAA record sales over the entire history of platinum albums; a look at the noise present in vinyl records; and a discussion of slew rates, a type of audio distortion present on compact discs.

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Mindset

Mindset, a new search tool from Yahoo!, filters out the commercial chaff

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The Day the Pope Stole My Shades

The day the Pope stole my shades, a fantastic interview with noted liberal Bono (of U2) in which he says of noted conservative George W. Bush (of US) that the President is funny, quick-witted, and that Bono likes him as a man (via robot)

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The Evolution of the American Front Porch

The evolution of the American front porch (via mefi)

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